Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

February 24 / 25 1965

(+ means you need both ~ means same material °° means stereo or binaural ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Harum Scarum

MGM Producers : Fred Karger / Gene Nelson

Engineer : Bill Vandevort

(11.30pm - 3.30am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Grady Martin	Walker
Guitar:	Charlie McCoy
Bass:	Henry Strezelcki
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Kenneth Buttery
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Tambourine:	Hoyt Hawkins (?)
Conga Drums:	Gene Nelson (?)
Flute:	Rufus Long
Oboe:	Ralph Strobel

Shake That Tambourine				SPA3 6752	February 24 / 25 1965 (Wed / Thur)
Take 1	FS		(C-2001)
Take 2	FS		(C-2002)
Take 3	FS		(C-2003)
Take 4	BD		(C-2004) "Elvis' vocal partly off"
Take 5	SFS		(C-2005)
Take 6	SFS		(C-2006)
Take 7	SFS		(C-2007)
Take 8	BD		(C-2008)
Take 9	SFS		(C-2009)
Take 10	SFS	0:16	(C-2010)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 11	Complete	2:22	(C-2011)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 12	BD		(C-2012)
Take 13	BD	0:53	(C-2013) "Teeny Feet"	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 14	SFS		(C-2014)
Take 15	FS		(C-2015)
Take 16	BD		(C-2016)
Take 17	BD	1:46	(C-2017) (preceded by talking and "2070" slate)	Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 18	SFS	0:26	(C-2018)	Hard Knocks (Venus)°°
Take 19	Complete	2:11	(C-2019)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Avventura In Oriente°° ~Come What May° (listed as Take 19)
Take 20	No Take	0:05	(C-2020) "slate only"	Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Tape°
Take 21	SFS	0:18	(C-2021)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Avventura In Oriente°° ~Come What May° (listed as Take 21)
Take 22	SFS	0:14	(C-2022)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Avventura In Oriente°° ~Come What May° (listed as Take 22)
Take 23	LFS	0:30	(C-2023)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Hard Knocks (Venus)°°~Avventura In Oriente°° ~Come What May° (listed as Take 23)
Take 24	Complete	2:08	(C-2024)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 25	Complete		(C-2025)
Take 26	SFS		(C-2026) (preceded by talking)
Take 27	Complete		(C-2027) (used for spliced master)
Take 28	SFS		(C-2028) (preceded by talking)
Take 29	SFS		(C-2029)
Take 30	BD		(C-2030)
Take 31	SFS		(C-2031)
Take 32	BD		(C-2032)
Take 33	Complete		(C-2033) "bluesy ending"
Take 34	SFS		(C-2034) "I'll Take You Home"
Take 35	BD		(C-2035)
Take 36	FS		(C-2036)
Take 37	SFS		(C-2037)
Take 38	SFS		(C-2038)
Take 39	LFS		(C-2039)
Take 40	BD		(C-2040) (followed by unknown 1-liner)
Take 41	Complete		(C-2041) (used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:05	Spliced from takes 41 & 27 (C-2041 & C-2027)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°~Avventura In Oriente°° +Avventura In Oriente°

Shake That Tambourine (movie version - transfer)					2406
Take 1			Mono transfer of spliced master
Take 2	(M)	2:05		Acetate°

Shake That Tambourine (movie version)
Overdub	(M)	2:22	Overdubbed instruments and intro	Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°

MGM transfers to acetate for movie purposes are numbered as follows:-
2401 - My Desert Serenade
2402 - Go East - Young Man
2403 - Animal Instinct
2404 - Mirage
2405 - Kismet
2406 - Shake That Tambourine
2407 - Hey Little Girl
2408 - Golden Coins
2409 - Wisdom Of The Ages (rejected version)
2410 - So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)
2411 - Harem Holiday
2412 - Wisdom Of The Ages
2413 - Harem Holiday
2414 - ?
2415 - ?
2416 - ?
2417 - ?
2418 - Sabre Dance / Hey Little Girl
2419 - ?
2420 - Harem Holiday

The songs 'Baby, If You'll Give Me All Your Love', 'Let Yourself Go' and' Please Don't Stop Loving Me' were originally submitted to be used for the movie, but were eventually dropped. They were, however, used in later movies (Double Trouble, Speedway and Frankie And Johnny).

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.



	Recording Information Harum Scarum



	Music Sheet Shake That Tambourine